Can stomach acid drink honey water?
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Patients with more acid can drink honey water, but patients with more acid should drink honey water more than an hour in advance. Research at this stage shows that drinking honey water has a dual effect on gastric acid. If you drink honey water more than an hour in advance, it can inhibit the secretion of gastric acid and reduce the stimulation of gastric mucosa and ulcer surface by gastric acid. Therefore, patients with high acid or duodenal ulcer should drink honey water more than an hour in advance. Drinking honey water immediately after eating, can dilute the acid, while stimulating the secretion of gastric acid. Warm honey water can dilute the acid. Cold honey water can stimulate the secretion of gastric acid. Therefore, acid deficiency or atrophic gastritis patients had better drink cold honey water.
